Russian President Vladimir Putin is in Beijing for an official visit with Chinese leaders that includes talks on Eurasian integration. The Kremlin said ahead of the June 25 visit that the focus of Putin’s talks would be “large-scale bilateral projects Eurasian integration, and key international issues,” including the situations in Syria, Afghanistan, and the Korean […]
A disagreement between Muslims and Buddhists in a village in south-central Myanmar’s Bago region boiled over on Thursday when an angry mob destroyed parts of a mosque and a house belonging to a Muslim family, the region’s chief minister said. The mob destroyed the structures in Thuye Thamain village following a heated dispute between a […]
At least three people were killed in a shooting in an Ankara university hospital local media reported Friday. MOSCOW, June 24 (Sputnik) — According to the Dogan news agency, a member of the pharmacy staff was engaged in a heated discussion with a group of men after which he opened fire. Read more: sputniknews.com
Kazakh authorities say an outbreak of anthrax has been confirmed in the eastern part of the country — the second outbreak to infect villagers in Kazakhstan within a week. Kazakh Health Minister Tamara Duisenova said on June 24 that two residents in village of Kolbatau, in East Kazakhstan Oblast, have tested anthrax positive. Officials confirmed […]
A clampdown on media freedom, erosion of the rule of law and human rights violations in an anti-terror operation in Kurdish areas threaten the functioning of democratic institutions in Turkey, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe warns. The European MPs voiced their concerns during a debate on the state of democracy in Turkey […]
Authorities in southwestern China’s Sichuan province have called a temporary halt to mining activities near a sacred mountain in the face of continuing Tibetan protests demanding that the work be stopped, according to a local source. Tibetans living in Akhore town in the Ngaba (in Chinese, Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture’s Chuchen (Jinchuan) county […]
At least two people have been injured after a train derailed in Taiwan, media reported, adding that at least three of the carriages derailed and another flipped over. The accident happened in Hualien County on the country’s mountainous eastern coast, the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) said, as cited by the Focus Taiwan news channel. Read […]
In what is likely the most disturbing teen trend we’ve ever reported about – and there have been quite a few – pregnant young girls in Australia are turning to smoking tobacco cigarettes to keep their babies’ weight low and make childbirth less painful. The shocking finding that young Australian pregnant women are more terrified […]
